Top 10 South African athletes in senior men’s track and field events in 2025.

100m

1 – 9.87 Gift Leotlela (Tokyo, 13 September)
2 – 9.90 Akani Simbine (Gaborone, 12 April)
3 – 9.94 Bayanda Walaza (Zagreb, 24 May)
4 – 9.99 Retshidisitswe Mlenga (Eisenstadt, 23 July)
5 – 10.01 Benjamin Richardson (Geneva, 21 June)
6 – 10.03 Tsebo Matsoso (Dessau, 21 June)
7 – 10.06 Abduraghmaan Karriem (Lucca, 8 June)
8 – 10.07 Shaun Maswanganyi (Banska Bystrica, 8 August)
9 – 10.08 Neo Mosebi (Winston Salem, 17 May)
10 – 10.09 Bradley Nkoana (Geneva, 21 June)

200m

1 – 19.97 Sinesipho Dambile (Tokyo, 18 September)
2 – 20.07 Wayde van Niekerk (Budapest, 12 August)
3 – 20.08 Bayanda Walaza (Johannesburg, 19 March)
4 – 20.13 Naeem Jack (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
5 – 20.15 Abduraghmaan Karriem (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
6 – 20.21 Bradley Nkoana (Geneva, 21 June)
6 -20.21 Benjamin Richardson (Vari, 5 July)
8 – 20.22 Gift Leotlela (Gaborone, 12 April)
9 – 20.31 Dario Matau (Lexington, 15 May)
10 – 20.34 Leendert Koekemoer (Mannheim, 29 June)

400m

1 – 43.76 Zakithi Nene (Nairobi, 31 May)
2 – 44.73 Lythe Pillay (Tokyo, 14 September)
3 – 44.91 Wayde van Niekerk (Madrid, 19 July)
4 – 44.99 Udeme Okon (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
5 – 45.02 Gardeo Isaacs (Potchefstroom, 25 April)
6 – 45.03 Leendert Koekemoer (Potchefstroom, 25 April)
7 – 45.10 Tumisang Shezi (Pretoria, 2 May)
8 – 45.29 Musa Nkosi (Hutchinson, 15 May)
9 – 45.41 Antonie Matthys Nortje (Baton Rouge, 29 March)
10 – 45.42 Mthi Mthimkulu (Pretoria, 2 May)

800m

1 – 1:45.35 Tshepo Tshite (Johannesburg, 19 March)
2 – 1:45.42 Rynard Swanepoel (Jacksonville, 30 May)
3 – 1:45.49 Renier de Villiers (Cape Town, 4 April)
4 – 1:45.84 Christopher Swart (Dubai, 9 May)
5 – 1:45.93 Kabelo Simon Mohlosi (Cape Town, 4 April)
6 – 1:46.42 Kwazi Nogcantsi (Cape Town, 4 April)
7 – 1:46.96 Elvis Mokhonwana (Pretoria, 12 March)
8 – 1:47.15 Werner Gouws (Cape Town, 4 April)
9 – 1:47.38 Kwazi Mgobhozi (Cape Town, 4 April)
10 – 1:47.46 Ranti Dikgale (Pretoria, 17 May)

1 500m

1 – 3:31.35 Tshepo Tshite (Paris, 20 June)
2 – 3:32.27 Ryan Mphahlele (Dessau, 21 June)
3 – 3:35.66 Luan Munnik (Dubai, 9 May)
4 – 3:36.78 Keanu Domingo (Cape Town, 4 April)
5 – 3:39.67 Rynard Swanepoel (Durham, 4 May)
6 – 3:39.86 Elvis Mokhonwana (Cape Town, 4 April)
7 – 3:40.39 Christopher Swart (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
8 – 3:40.59 Pilane Tshegofatso (Cape Town, 4 April)
9 – 3:40.86 Abraham Kubjoane (Cape Town, 4 April)
10 – 3:41.05 Jerry Motsau (Dubai, 9 May)

Mile (1 609m)

1 – 3:54.10 Tshepo Tshite (Lievin, 13 February)*
2 – 3:58.02 Juwan Blignaut (Nashville, 18 January)*
3 – 4:01.63 Prince Mcabelo (Minneapolis, 18 June)
4 – 4:03.10 Artwell Tinotenda Magake (Fayetteville, 21 February)*
5 – 4:03.58 Jason Bowers (High Point, 5 April)
6 – 4:04.35 Rynard Swanepoel (Blacksburg, 17 January)*
7 – 4:06.80 Jayde Rosslee (Iowa City, 25 January)*
8 – 4:07.87 Rikus van Niekerk (Albuquerque, 1 February)*
9 – 4:09.47 Sbonelo Khumalo (Lubbock, 8 March)*
10 – 4:09.96 Sibonokuhle Thwala (Topeka, 15 February)*

3 000m

1 – 7:45.14 Tshepo Tshite (Stellenbosch, 5 March)
2 – 7:47.87 Maxime Chaumeton (Cork, 9 July)
3 – 7:49.69 Keanu Domingo (Lyon, 15 February)*
4 – 7:53.45 Luan Munnik (Stellenbosch, 9 December)
5 – 7:54.76 Nadeel Wildschutt (Stellenbosch, 5 March)
6 – 7:55.71 Ryan Mphahlele (Potchefstroom, 7 June)
7 – 7:56.45 Christopher Swart (Stellenbosch, 5 March)
8 – 7:57.33 Amogelang Tatai (Reunion, 29 November)
9 – 7:59.03 Jerry Motsau (Cape Town, 4 April)
10 – 7:59.11 Anthony Timoteus (Stellenbosch, 5 March)

5 000m

1 – 12:55.02 Adriaan Wildschutt (Boston, 2 March)*
2 – 13:19.66 Maxime Chaumeton (Maisons-Laffitte, 7 June)
3 – 13:30.40 Matthew Forrester (Raleigh, 27 March)
4 – 13:38.58 Rikus van Niekerk (Azusa, 17 April)
5 – 13:39.10 Jayde Rosslee (Palo Alto, 4 April)
6 – 13:45.05 Jerry Motsau (Heusden-Zolder, 19 July)
7 – 13:57.16 Keanu Domingo (Pretoria, 1 May)
8 – 13:58.99 Jason Bowers (Raleigh, 27 March)
9 – 13:59.68 Elyas Ayyoub (Stanford, 4 April)
10 – 14:01.89 Kabelo Mulaudzi (Potchefstroom, 26 April)

10 000m

1 – 26:51.27 Adriaan Wildschutt (San Juan Capistrano, 29 March)
2 – 28:25.63 Rikus van Niekerk (Palo Alto, 4 April)
3 – 29:03.17 Matthew Forrester (Storrs, 15 May)
4 – 29:10.57 Nadeel Wildschutt (Cape Town, 4 April)
5 – 29:13.69 Cwenga Nose (Cape Town, 4 April)
6 – 29:15.99 Anthony Timoteus (Cape Town, 4 April)
7 – 29:21.90 Ashley Smith (Cape Town, 4 April)
8 – 29:27.07 Dylan van der Merwe(Cape Town, 4 April)
9 – 29:29.78 Dino Nako (Cape Town, 4 April)
10 – 29:34.16 Deon-Lee Hendricks (Cape Town, 4 April)

110m hurdles

1 – 13.28 John Adesola (Eugene, 13 June)
2 – 13.37 Antonio Alkana (Eisenstadt, 23 July)
3 – 13.44 Franco le Roux (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
3 – 13.44 Mondray Barnard (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
5 – 13.53 Denmar Jacobs (Cape Town, 28 March)
6 – 13.80 SW Nel (Pretoria, 15 March)
7 – 13.84 Jayden Parkin (Brugnera, 12 July)
8 – 13.92 Wihan Kemp (Pretoria, 12 March)
9 – 13.99 Jason Matthew October (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
10 – 14.04 Michael Schoeman (Pretoria, 15 March)

400m hurdles

1 – 48.57 Sabelo Dhlamini (Potchefstroom, 25 April)
2 – 49.06 Njabulo Mbatha (Gaborone, 12 April)
3 – 49.24 Wernich van Rensburg (Johannesburg, 19 March)
4 – 49.55 Marthinus du Preez (Potchefstroom, 25 April)
5 – 50.17 Matodzi Ndou (Potchefstroom, 25 April)
6 – 50.47 Lindukuhle Gora (Johannesburg, 19 March)
7 – 50.48 Lesibe Dikgale (Potchefstroom, 23 September)
8 – 50.99 Oratilwe Shale (Pretoria, 2 May)
9 – 51.01 Morne Engelbrecht (Bloemfontein, 3 April)
10 – 51.29 Stiaan Myburgh (Germiston, 5 April)

3 000m steeplechase

1 – 8:35.43 Aphelele Nkonyeni (Cape Town, 4 April)
2 – 8:37.58 Siboniso Soldaka (Oordegem, 9 August)
3 – 8:41.89 Mongezi Ngobe (Cape Town, 4 April)
4 – 8:46.61 Caleb Williams (Raleigh, 27 March)
5 – 8:46.63 Ofentse Bokaba (Cape Town, 29 March)
6 – 8:57.37 Siyabonga Mokhothu (Gainesville, 4 April)
7 – 9:00.03 Letsepa Prince Madume (Germiston, 22 February)
8 – 9:02.80 Alfonzo Jordaan (Cape Town, 29 March)
9 – 9:06.67 Kamohelo Ramatsebe (Wichita, 11 April)
10 – 9:07.21 Dean Fourie (Cape Town, 29 March)

High jump

1 – 2.21 Brian Raats (Banska Bystrica, 18 February)*
2 – 2.20 Breyton Poole (Potchefstroom, 25 April)
2 – 2.20 Tshepang Dankuru (Potchefstroom, 25 April)
2 – 2.20 Taelyn Smith (Windhoek, 10 July)
5 – 2.17 Mpho Links (Germiston Stadium, 22 February)
6 – 2.10 Devan de Wet (Pretoria, 15 February)
6 – 2.10 Justin Louwrens (Johannesburg, 14 March)
6 – 2.10 Matteo le Roux (Cape Town, 29 March)
6 – 2.10 Joshua van Deventer (Potchefstroom, 25 April)
10 – 2.06 Zizwe Khumalo (Pretoria, 8 February)
10 – 2.06 Usaamah Vally (Sindelfingen, 9 August)

Pole vault

1 – 5.73 Kyle Rademeyer (Alabama, 24 February)*
2 – 5.50 Nikolai van Huyssteen (Lexington, 16 May)
3 – 5.40 Valco van Wyk (Potchefstroom, 24 April)
4 – 5.19 Elmar Schutte (Kansas, 7 February)*
5 – 5.00 Arend Pretorius (Pretoria, 1 May)
6 – 4.95 Ekhardt van der Watt (Idaho, 15 February)*
7 – 4.90 Bryce Putzier (Pretoria, 1 May)
8 – 4.73 Neil Erasmus (Illinois, 26 April)
9 – 4.70 Fredriech Pretorius (Pretoria, 12 March)
10 – 4.60 Zander van Eyk (Cape Town, 29 March)
10 – 4.60 Morne van As (Potchefstroom, 16 April)

Long jump

1 – 8.17 Cheswill Johnson (Germiston, 25 January)
2 – 8.06 Temoso Masikane (Potchefstroom, 24 May)
3 – 8.02 Luvo Manyonga (Johannesburg, 29 November)
4 – 8.01 Nikithemba Hani (Johannesburg, 19 March)
5 – 8.00 Jovan van Vuuren (Potchefstroom, 25 April)
6 – 7.93 Divan Manuel (Potchefstroom, 25 April)
7 – 7.73 Dwight McCloen (Cape Town, 27 March)
8 – 7.70 Christiaan le Roux (Houston, 14 February)*
9 – 7.68 Jayden Fourie (Pretoria, 8 February)
10 – 7.63 Karabo Satekge (Germiston Stadium, 22 February)

Triple jump

1 – 16.20 Peace Adedokun (Pretoria, 3 May)
2 – 15.95 Temoso Masikane (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
3 – 15.77 Thato Terrance Kgala (Johannesburg, 19 March)
4 – 15.45 Oageng Mdlela (Charlotte, 17 May)
5 – 15.07 Keamogetswe Monyeki, 15 March)
6 – 15.06 Junior Mphefu (Johannesburg, 15 March)
6 – 15.06 Blessing Takundwa (Pretoria, 15 March)
6 – 15.06 Hanno de Klerk (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
9 – 15.03 Siyabonga Simelane (Johannesburg, 19 March)
10 – 14.98 Jeralle Eksteen (Cape Town, 29 March)

Shot put

1 – 20.86 Chris van Niekerk (Virgina, 22 February)*
2 – 20.73 Aiden Smith (Pretoria, 12 March)
3 – 20.32 Kyle Blignaut (Gaborone, 12 April)
4 – 19.06 JL van Rensburg (Texas, 1 March)*
5 – 19.05 DJ Liebenberg (College Station, 28 May)
6 – 18.75 John-Oliver Klynsmith (Stellenbosch, 3 December)
7 – 18.48 Willem Coertzen (Alabama, 25 February)*
8 – 18.46 Hencu Lamberts (Nebraska, 12 December)*
9 – 17.59 Joshua Sweetnam (Abilene, 22 March)
10 – 16.20 PC de Meyer (Potchefstroom, 1 November)

Discus throw

1 – 65.51 Victor Hogan (Halle, 24 May)
2 – 64.48 Francois Prinsloo (Ramona, 7 June)
3 – 62.09 Joshua Gerber (Potchefstroom, 7 June)
4 – 61.14 Aron Alvarez Aranda (Knoxville, 2 May)
5 – 58.28 Juan Marais (Houston, 4 April)
6 – 57.66 Daniel Strooh (Texas, 30 May)
7 – 57.50 Righardt Stander (Potchefstroom, 8 November)
8 – 54.54 Aidan Erasmus (Potchefstroom, 24 May)
9 – 54.00 – Tiaan Stevens (Potchefstroom, 7 June)
10 – 53.08 Chris van Niekerk (Charlottesville, 27 April)

Hammer throw

1 – 68.18 Alan Cumming (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
2 – 66.28 Tshepang Makhethe (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
3 – 64.81 Charl Greyling (Pretoria, 1 May)
4 – 62.85 Christopher Smit (Pretoria, 1 May)
5 – 57.30 Roger Vorster (Germiston Stadium, 1 February)
6 – 56.51 Tiaan Pretorius (Bloemfontein, 17 October)
7 – 56.54 JC Schultz (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
8 – 56.01 Matthew Durow (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
9 – 55.63 Reuben Booysen (MIssissippi, 4 April)
10 – 53.52 Yamen Mahmoud (Pretoria, 15 March)

Javelin throw

1 – 84.12 Douw Smit (Ostrava, 24 June)
2 – 82.35  Devoux Deysel (Winston Salem, 15 May)
3 – 78.10 Ewald Jansen (Potchefstroom, 25 February)
4 – 77.40 Rocco van Rooyen (Potchefstroom, 24 April)
5 – 75.01 Righardt Stander (Potchefstroom, 24 April)
6 – 72.45 Reuben Booysen (Baton Rouge, 22 March)
7 – 71.34 Duncan Robertson (Pretoria, 3 May)
8 – 70.78 Jan du Toit (Potchefstroom, 24 April)
9 – 70.18 Marques Olivier (Bloemfontein, 18 October)
10 – 69.92 Armand Willemse (Potchefstroom, 24 April)

Decathlon

1 – 7349 Fredriech Pretorius (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
2 – 7006 Morne van As (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
3 – 6640 Ronaldo Mackenzie (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
4 – 6035 Dimar van der Linde (Cape Town, 28 March)
5 – 6011 Zain van Staden (Cape Town, 28 March)

20km walk

1 – 1:30:12 Wayne Snyman (Tokyo, 20 September)
2 – 1:32:58 Williams Rivers (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
3 – 1:36:04 Antonio Farmer (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
4 – 1:38:49 Philasande Mlambo (Potchefstroom, 26 April)
* short track/indoor performance
** Featured image of Gift Leotlela by Nic Bothma/Matrix Images/Athletics South Africa